About
Us: What We Believe
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Christian & Missionary Alliance Statement of Faith
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1.
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is one God, who is infinitely perfect, existing eternally in three persons: Father,
Son and Holy Spirit.
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Christ is true God and true man. He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born
of the Virgin Mary. He died upon the cross, the just for the unjust, as a substitutionary
sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed
blood. He arose from the dead according to the Scriptures. He is now at the right
of the Majesty on high as our great High Priest. He will come again to establish
His Kingdom of righteousness and peace.
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Holy Spirit is a divine person, set to indwell, guide, teach and empower the believer,
and convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.
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Old and New Testaments, inerrant as originally given, were verbally inspired by
God and are a complete revelation of His will for the salvation of man. They constitute
the divine and only rule of Christian faith and practice.
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was originally created in the image and likeness of God: he fell through disobedience,
incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All men are born with a sinful
nature, are separated from the life of God, and can be saved only through the
atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ. The portion of the impenitent and unbelieving
is existence forever in conscious torment; and that of the believer, in everlasting
joy and bliss.
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has been provided through Jesus Christ for all men; and those who repent and believe
in Him and born again of the Holy Spirit, receive the gift of eternal life, and
become the children of God.
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is the will of God that each believer should be filled with the Holy Spirit and
be sanctified wholly, being separated from sin and the world and fully dedicated
to the will of God, thereby receiving power for holy living and effective service.
This is both a crisis and a progressive experience wrought in the life of the
believer subsequent to conversion.
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is made in the redemptive work of the Lord Jesus Christ for the healing of the
mortal body. Prayer for the sick and anointing with oil are taught in the Scriptures
and are privileges for the Church in this present age.
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Church consists of all those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed
through His blood, and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of
the body, the Church, which has been commissioned by Him to go into all the world
as a witness, preaching the Gospel to all nations. The local church is a body
of believers in Christ who are joined together for the worship of God for edification
through the word of God, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the Gospel,
and observance of the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's supper.
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shall be a bodily resurrection of the just and unjust; for the former, a resurrection
unto life, for the latter, a resurrection unto judgment.
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second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ is imminent and will be personal, visible,
and premillennial. This is the believer's blessed hope and is a vital truth which
is an incentive to holy living and faithful service.
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Knight
Street:
3330 Knight Street, Vancouver,
BC, V5N 3K8, Tel (604) 874-7612, Fax (604) 874-7603, Email: info@vcac.bc.ca
Fraser
Lands:
3330 S.E. Marine Drive,
Vancouver, BC, V5S 4R8, Tel (604) 451-5449, Fax (604) 451-5424, Email: info@vcac.bc.ca
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